"Phaeton"":3vd8nuxg said:
Basic mechanical knowledge is useful, but not essential, I think you need a logical brain more than anything & not to be frightened of new things. Instructions, well sort of, there is a basic build manual which is out of date.
In that case I do think I would be up to the build, maybe with a little help hear and there.
"Phaeton"":3vd8nuxg said:
For a basic SVA kit you're looking around £2.3k, then you have to find a Mini (enter price from £250-£500) then there's the refurbishment of parts £300, you'll need seats, possibly wheels & various other bling. Then there's SVA fee's currently £185 (I think)
Thanks, that gives me an idea of the sort of money I need to put away
"Phaeton"":3vd8nuxg said:
Either a Chinese import or a Blitz which as so fugly you'd be embarrassed to be seen in one.
Don't really want to go down the route of a chinese import, I would imagine the parts are hard to source.
I have to disagree about the blitz, I actually prefer the looks of the blitz to the freestyle. Would I be right in thinking that the blitz is a cheaper way of doing it?
"Phaeton"":3vd8nuxg said:
have you seen the videos showing their capabilities?
I haven't, please point me in the right direction
"Phaeton"":3vd8nuxg said:
relatively is by nature a relative term, mine came in around £3.5k some have spent as much as £6k. Sourceble parts is an interesting one, most Mini parts are readily available if sometimes a bit expense, apart from the actual car which are now fetching stupid money. You don't actually need a donor car & could build it just from spares, but having a V5C makes it much easier to SVA & register, that is if ever dealing with DVLA & VOSA is easy.
Will basically be trying to do the whole build as cheap as poss, then look at improving it in the future.
Have noticed that minis do seem to bring a lot of money, especially the ones with no mechanical problems.
I would like to build it from parts, due to limited space. But as you say the SVA & register would be more dificult, and possibly insurance too (Q plate).
"Phaeton"":3vd8nuxg said:
However if you want my advice, which you may or may not do, depending on your skills, I would either try to buy the one currently on fleecebay as close to £2.5k as possible. You're then on the road immediately, you have all of summer to enjoy & then over winter sort out all those things you want to change, bigger engine, cosmetics etc. Or if you want to do more building Shaun has a part build for sale around £1k not sure if it's a bit more if he bought some more bits for it. Other than that there is a Tomcat registered as a Mini that just needs an engine & subframe for £500. Personally I would go for the one on fleecebay, I regret selling mine, as I have currently no time to do the next one in the garage.
The ebay one is not really an option, not ready to buy just yet.
Same goes for the part built, although this would be more tempting.
What exactly is a tomcat?
The blitz looks really interesting, do you know anything about them?
Also, noticed your in worksop. I am in rotherham, do you have a shop @ worksop?
Thanks for all the info and help.
Dan.
